Today, I issue a decree stating that if you have an MMA-related web site or blog you want to promote, promote it in the comments section. More importantly, if it has an RSS feed, post a link. I want to add more sites to my daily news gathering cycle.

The funny thing is Dana White doesn’t like the pro wrestling comparisons, he actually tries to distance himself from it. Whenever he’s compares MMA to anything it’s always been to boxing. One of the reasons (supposedly) why they cut the pyrotechnics, the grand entrances and over-the-top sh*t in general was because of the confusion.

I think where the UFC and pro wrestling are most similar is in the branding, to an extent the match making, and the promotional titles. There are other minor similarities, but those are the most significant. I think the criticism of “feuds” in the UFC is a little overblown, it’s not as if they have a writting staff that creates them; although I do believe they’re played up/sensationalized, as in the case of Ortiz vs. Shamrock.

First we got Gogoplata finishes two Pride events in a row, and now the arm triangle pass comes first in Kampmann’s match at UFC68, and then Rogan does it here… I was thinking MMA submissions had stagnated at triangles and the odd guillotine, but now I feel like submissions are making a strong comeback.

I think everyone should leave a comment in the NBC link. Normally an uneducated ignorant rant against MMA should be ignored because the wirter isn’t worth the attention and a large response rate is what he wants. However this is NBC sports and the sport could still benefit from mainstream attention so more as a message to NBC we should let them know that we want them to cover this sport and to do so in an intelligent manner.

Pretty great to see Shaolin Ribero getting a crack at one of the big leagues. The guy’s quite simply amazing and imo one of the best p4p’ers around. I wonder what the over/under will be for # of punches he throws in the fight – lol.

And UFC it’s time to let go of your love affair with Frank Mir. It would be great if the hometown Vegas boy could be the HW champ, but he’s a shell of the shell of his former self.

It sure is nice to visit a site that doesn’t have profanity in every other comment.
I started a little blog dedicated to my journey from 5 year old Portland Wrestling fanatic to 35 year old mma addict.

Honestly, I never respond to writers or other media types who bad mouth MMA. They love the attention and they will only turn it to their advantage. They have the media outlet, not you, and hence the final word, always.

My favorite Millen quote was (speaking about Silva getting destroyed by Henderson): “Umm, where do we go from here? Who knows?”

I hope for Pride’s sake that Millen isn’t in charge of booking. His “dick-measuring contest” logic could get them into trouble. He said that he gave Henderson the fight against Silva because Dan requested it. Maybe Paulo Filho would request Fedor and beat him. “Hey in Pride we let the fighters fight.” That is a translation for “we destroy our most marketable fighters on a whim.”

On the one hand it is nice that Pride shows are unpredictable, but there is clearly some serious business sense lacking. The only way they are going to survive will be to either sell to Fishman who will consequently get them a tv deal and mainstream exposure in America, or else ride Akiyama’s Korean roots and find some other good Korean fighters to hitch their wagon to and move the fights to Seoul.